St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-14
Harrington Said to Be Await
ing the Development of
the Unionist Policy.
Gladstone Expects the Tories
to be Wrecked by a Land
Purchase Scheme.
UneaSineSs Over News from
Afghanistan--Goings On
in Macedonia.

tOlt UuItnS luc IeCeSS have uOG USeU III
creased BY recent events by the policy
into which the government has drifted.
In the absence of any event, such as the
ill health of Lord SaliSbury-compellin
reconstruction of the cabinet or of the
formation of new ministry-it is be-
lieyed that there will be no change in
the attitude of Lord Harrington, who
will prefer to await developments of the
Unionist policy. The Tory leaders
know that Lord Harrington would yield
anything he regarded as necessity, and
would join them rather than admit Mr..
of the home rule question. 1t is, how
ever, understood that in Lord Harting-
tons opinion not only has this condition
not arisen, but that the force of any
plea for a junction with the government
has diminished. He is described as be-
ing far less confident than is Lord
AShburne that the government
will be entirely successful in the
suppression of the league. The official
Conservatives generally are not much
dissatisfied with the prospects. They
feel that Lord Harrington and his
friends are bound to them by ties quite
as strong as those of Salaried response
bility, and the serious matter of making
official room for such eminent recruits
is practically shelyed until some fresh
disaster demands change. A member
of Mr.. GladStOne's last cabinet, this aft
ernOOn, gave your correspondent the
following view of the political situation
entertained by Mr.. Gladstone at the
present time: Looking at the reaction
airy and obstructive attitude of Lord
Harrington and Mr.. Chamberlain, Mr..
Gladstone considers that nothing is to
be gained by further concessions. How
ever much he comedies, he is only told
that he is trying to blind his followers.
and that no reliance can be placed on
his profeSSed readiness to meet their
difficulties. On the other hand all con-
ceSSiOnS are regarded unfavOrably by
great majority of his supporters, who
consider that any willingness to meet
objections
SAyORS OF WEAKNESS.
Under these circumstances, Mr.. Glad
stone cOnceiyeS that he has everything
to gain and nothing to lose by going
steadily forward with his original pol
icy and letting the diSSentientS come
back as individuals without further ref
erence to their implacable leaders. 1t
was not stated whether Mr.. Gladstone
regards the formation of coalition gov
eminent as likely, but whether such
coalition takes place, or Lord Salisbury
goes on as he has, Mr.. Gladstone thinks
that the government is bound to get
into trouble next session. His calcula-
ton is that the ministry will be COM
PEELED by the violent pressure of the
Irish land owners, who see ruin staring
them i'll the face, to bring in land pur-
chase scheme, and that it will wreck
them. Those of the diSsentient liberals
who want an excuse for returning to the
old party will find it either in the gen.
eral principles or the details of the land
purchase bill, and the withdrawal of
their support will place the government
in minority. There is notion in
some quarters that should the govern
ment be beaten it will not dissolve par
Lament, but will resign; that Mr.. Glad
stone will come in, bring in his home
rule bill, and, if beaten, dissolve
upon it. This, however, is erroneous,
as Mr.. Gladstone will not take office
until an appeal to the country has been
made, as he is confident that another
election would return him to power
with a sufficient majority to compel the
house of lords to pass his bill. The diff
ficulty about the Irish representation
will be met in this way: Mr.. Glad
stone, in fulfilment of his pledges, will
make provisions for the retention of the
Irish members at Westminster, but if
the second reading is carried the Tories
will move an amendment to exclude
them. and being supported by the Irish
themselves and the more advanced
Gladstonians, will carry it.
The little book recently published by
workingmen, giving an account of the
Church of ST. Adams, HOlborn, from
the beginning and the various vicissi-
tudes through which it has passed, is
now being distributed by these work.
men as an evidence that Mr.. Gladstone
in his scheme for the diSestabliShment
of the Welsh church, has the interest
of the church at heart. The book is
dedicated to 'The Right Hon. w. E.
Gladstone, NJ. P, as a slight token of
gratitude for his noble and unsupported
defense of the rights of the Church Of
England" There are already number
of ministers of the Church of England
who favor disestablishment. They also
prefer that Mr.. Gladstone should
CHAMPION THE CAUSE
as they are confident that under his
regime the interests of the church will
not be passed over lightly. They re-
member the GladStOnian fervOr of the
free kirk ministers in Midlothian, the
enthusiasm of the Roman clergy In Ire
land, DIR. Parker'S luncheon party and
the primitive Methodists' bazaar, and
realize afresh the unifying power of
genuine Liberalism and the ubiquitous
influence of the Liberal chief. Politics
alone will not adequately account for
this influence. That great part OF it
is due to the deeply religious tone of
Mr.. Gladstone's mind is by this time
platitude The BritOnS are religious
people. and Mr.. Gladstone's deyOut hab-
its of thought and life are familiar to
them all. But what is possibly less
known is the fact that in his Oxford
days, under the full stress of the trac-
tartan movement, when his bosom
friends were Cardinal Manning, Bishop
Hamilton, of Salisbury, and Mr.. Hope
Scott, Mr.. Gladstone earnestly desired
to be clergyman, and only yielded to
strong paternal pressure in abandoning
a clerical for a political career. Had
the young tractarian persevered in his
intention of taking holy orders there
would probably have been some day
another Life of an Archbishop of Can
terbury," which would exceed in in
terest any of Dean Hooks celebrated
volumes.
THE NEWS FROM AFGHANIsTAN
exciteS much uncaSineSS at the India
and foreign offices. The position of the
ameer and his health are becoming
weaker. He is man of great resolu-
ton, but his severity has alienated
powerful tribes, and the succession in
the event of his death by disease or
murder is uncertain owing to the in
fancy of his son and the pretensions and
popularity of Ayoub Khan. Lord
Dufferin is powerless to control events
in Afghanistan, and awaits develop
ment, the probable issue of which he is
quite unable to forecast for the informa-
ton of Lord Salisbury and Lord Cross
with any approach to certainty. Events
may arise leading to fears for the Sc
curity of England'S agreement with the
Russian government, and to the posi-
BILE necessity for another advance to
Candahar in case of Russian occupa-